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UNITED STATES iatented October 13, 1901 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. ROOT AND BYRON O. CONN, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

PAPER TURNING-IN AND PASTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. ma dated October 13,1903.

7 Application filed August 21, 1902. Serial No: 120,587. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. ROOT and BYRON O. CONN,citizens of theUnited States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Automatic Paper-PastingMachine, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a paper turning-in and pasting machine which isespecially adapted to be used in the manufacture of paper boxes. It iswell known to those skilled in the art that in the manufacture of suchboxes the exterior of the strawboard which" constitutes the body portionof the box is covered with paper or other suitable material for thepurpose of giving the box a neat and attractive appearance, as well asaffording additional strength and rigidity' thereto. In covering the boxthe paper or other covering material is pasted to the exterior thereof,leaving a projecting margin or overplus of the covering materialextending beyond the up per edges of'the box and the lower edges of thecover.

The principal objects of our invention, therefore, are to provide amachine which will automatically perform the. operation of bending overand pasting the overplus or margin of the covering material to theinterior surface of the box; secondly, to reduce the cost ofmanufacturing such boxes, and, thirdly, to insure uniform and perfectwork. To this end we accomplish such objects by means of anautomatically-operating and adjustable mechanism more fully describedhereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecomplete machine. Fig. 2 'is a view in vertical cross'section of Fig. 3is a top plan view of the bed-plate and carriage, showing the method ofoperating the clutch mechanism, portions being removed to betterdisclose the operat-' ing mechanism. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of thecarriage, showing the adjustable clamps for retaining the box inposition. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical cross-section'of the carriage,taken on line x a: of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is an end view of thecarriage-base, disclosing the journaled trip-shaft. Fig. 7 is a view invertical the line 0 0 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 shows a detailed side and endview of one of the folding-fin gers, disclosing the spring-pressed pin.Fig. 9 is a view in front elevation of the tilting bar and fingers. Fig.10 is a view in side elesupport, the tilting bar, and the finger. I Fig.11 is a detailed perspective view of one of the adjustable box-clamps,and Fig. 12 is a detailed perspective view of the trip bolt and plate.

' The bed-plate or table 1 is supported by legs or standards 2 andconstitutes the body portion of the machine. The center of the tendingslot or way 3. The one shown is V- shaped; but any other suitableconformation may be used.

Received within the slot 3 and adapted to reciprocate therein is acarriage comprising a base portion 4, conforming to the shape of theslot or way 3. This base portion has a fiat top 41 and is provid'ed'witha longitudinally-extending opening or groove in its lower portion,across which opening and jonrnaled in the walls thereof is a trip-shaft8. This shaft is provided with pairs of oppositely-extending pins 7 7,projecting radially from the periphery of the shaft 8. A stud 17,located equidistant between the pairs of pins 7 7, is secured to andprojects outwardly from the shaft 8, and to the outer end of this studis secured a spring 18, the opposite end of the spring being secured tothe base portion of the carriage. This arrangement serves to normallyretain the pins 7 7 in vertical position.

Located centrally of and projecting vertically upward from the top 41 ofthe carriagebase 4 is a cylindrical shaft 40, and received upon thisshaft is the carriage proper, comprising a hollow sleeve 12, surroundingthe shaft 40 and the oppositely-extending slotted from the sleeve 12;The outer ends of these vation, partly in section, of the tilting-bararms 11 11, secured to and extending radially cross-section of thecarriage-base, taken on table is provided with'a longitudinally-exbodyportion 14, provided with slots for the reception of the slotted arms 1111 and also provided with a threaded aperture 14". The body portion isprovided with lateral extensions having L-shaped upwardly-extendinggripping-arms 14 14 formed thereon to engage the side of the box to becovered. Each of the four radially-extending slotted arms carries one ofthese box-clamps. Suitablysupported differentially-threadedadjustingscrews 15 15 are received in the screw-threaded apertures 14 14of the box-clamps, one screw engaging the apertures of two oppositeclamps, the right and left screw-threads on the screws permitting thesimultaneous adjustment of each pair of box-clamps toward and from eachother, the box-clamps being equidistant from the center of the carriageproper. A spring 59, suitably secured to brackets59' 59, secured to thebase portion of the carriage, is adapted to have frictional contact withthe exterior of the sleeve 12 to regulate and prevent a too freerotation.

Four equidistant rods42 42 project radially from the sleeve 12 of thecarriage, and located within the arc of movement of the rods is anL-shaped post 43, extending upward from the bed-plate 1, upon thelaterally-projecting portion of which post is journaled a taperingwedge'shaped plate 44, with which plate the rods 42 42 are adapted tocontact in their forward travel-that is, toward the left of the drawingFig. 1.

Located at either end of the slot or way 3 is a post 10, adapted toenter the slots in the divided arms 11 11 and engage the box-clamps 1414 to serve as a stop for the carriage and also to guide and retain thecarriage in direct alinement. I

The movement of the carriage is caused by a sprocket-chain 6 passingover sprocketwheels 39 39, keyed upon shafts 39' 39, journaled at eachend of the body portion of the machine beneath the bed-plate 1. Thischain passes above and below the trip-shaft 8 between the pins 7 7 7 7,and carried by one of the links is a laterally-extending trip-pin 5.This pin is adapted to engage the verticallyextending pairs of pins 7 7,the tension of the spring 18 being such as to prevent the rotarymovement of the trip-shaft 8 until the post 10 engages one of thebox-clamps 14. Hence the carriage will travel in the way 3 until suchengagement occurs, whereupon spring will yield, permitting the shaft 8to partially rotate and allowing the pin 5 to pass over the ends of thepins 7 7. The shaft Sis then returned to its normal position by means ofthe spring 18. The carriage of course remains at the end of the way orat its'adjnsted limit of movement, which limit is controlled by means ofthe adjusting-screws 15 15, which regulate the distance of thebox-clamps 14 14 from the center of the carriage, according to the sizeof the box which is to be held by the clamps.

Projecting above and below the bed-plate the 1 at each end thereof are apair of supporting-shafts 52 52, the inner sides of which are providedwith rack-teeth 53 53, adapted to,

mesh with and bear against gear-wheels 54 54, keyed upon shafts 51 51,journaled in the supports of the bed-plate. The engagement of therack-teeth with the gear-wheels serves to retain the supporting-shaftsin vertical position and aids in the adjustment thereof, set-screws 5555 being located in the bedplate 1 and adapted to engage the shafts 5252 to retain them in their adjusted positions. Idle rollers 50 50 areloosely journaled on the shafts 51 51 and bear against the lower portionof the sprocket-chain 6 to maintain it at a uniform tension and at auniform distance from the upper portion. A supporting-bar 26 is securedto and supported by the ends of each pair of supporting-shafts in anysuitable manner, the upper face of the bars 26 26 being rearwardlyinclined, and downwardly projecting ears 25 25 are secured to the lowersurface of the bars 26 26. The front faces of these bars 26 26 areprovided with grooves 16 16 for the reception of the projecting ends 14"14 of the box-clamps 14 14 in order that the box carried thereby may bebrought against the faces of the bars 26 26, so that such faces willprovide a rigid platen against which the edge of the box is pressed whenthe fingers are forced against the interior thereof during the foldingand pasting of the surplus margin. Tilting bars 29 29 are connected tothe bars 26 26 by means of hinges 3O 30, and projecting upwardly fromeach bar 29 are a pair of cars 28 28. Each bar 29 supports a pluralityof folding-fingers 31 31 of substantially right-angular shape incross-section, the tilting bar received in the recess of the fingersformed by such conformation. bearing-surface of the body portion of eachfinger is provided with a recess for the reception of pins 37, behindwhich are located springs 38 for forcing the pins outward. These pinsbear upon the upper face of the tilting bars 29, which bars may haveslight depressions, as 37 37, for the reception of the outer ends of thepins 37 37. The upper faces of the fingers 31 31 are provided withnotched recesses 34 34, and standards 35 35, secured to the supportingbars 26 26,are adapted to carry retaining-bars 33 33, the lower edges ofwhich are received in the notches 34 34 to retain the fingers inposition upon the tilting bar. The fingers maybe moved laterally of thetilting bar beneath the retaining-bar to conform to the Width of the boxbeing covered and permit the edges of the box to pass between adjacentfingers. The rearward inclination of the upper face of each tilting-barsupport 26 26 natn rally operates to throw the tilting bars and thefingers carried thereby at an angle to the bedplate 1. The folding-faces57 of the fingers are thus located at a slight angle to the bedplate 1and to the box supported in the carriage, which inclination permits theedge of The the box to pass thereunder and bends the surplus margin ofthe covering material in to a position at right angles to the side ofthe box preparatory to folding it downward and pasting it to theinterior surface of the box.

' Each pair of supporting-legs 2 2 of the bed-plate or table isconnected by means of brackets or bars 58 58, and passing through anopening in each bracket or bar is a post 22, to the upper end of whichis pivotally secured a bell-crank lever 24, one end of which lever ispivotally connected to the ears of the tilting-bar support 26, the otherend of the bell-crank lever being pivotally connected to the ears 28 onthe tilting bar by means of a link 27. An adjustable collar 23 iscarried by one of said posts 22, and a support 20, also carried by'thebracket or bar 58, bears at its upper end a pivotal double yoke 19, oneend 21 of which embraces the post 22 beneath the adjustable collar 23.The opposite post 22 g is similar in every respect to post 22, with theexception that it carries a combined collar and yoke 23', adjustablysecured thereto by means of a set-screw.

One of the shafts 39, to which are keyed the sprocket-wheels 39 39,projects outward from the machine and has loosely secured thereon adrive wheel or clutch pulley 60, provided with any suitable clutchmechanism 49. A lever 47 is pivotally supported on the bed-plate, oneend of the lever being connected to the clutch mechanism 49. Secured tothe free end of the lever is a plate-spring 46, with the inner end ofwhich one of the pins 45, carried by the projecting slotted arms 11 11,is adapted to contact as the carriage completes half a revolution uponthe shaft 40, whereby to move the lever 47 and disengage the clutch fromthe drive-wheel 60. Notches -61 are provided to receive the edges of theclamps when the machine is used in pasting shallow boxes or covers.

The operation of our machine may be gathered from the foregoing; but abrief description is here given. The box being covered is secured in thebox-clamps 14 14, which are adjusted by means'of the screws 15 15. Themachine is then started by moving the pivoted lever 4'7 in such manneras to throw the sults in the movement of the carriage as beforedescribed. When the pin 5 slides out of engagement with pins 7 7, it iscarried along and brought into contact with the free end of the doubleyoke 19, rocking it upon its pivotal post 20 and causing the end 21 toengage the collar 23 on post 22 This operates to raise'the post 22,which by means of its bell-crank and link connection with the tiltingbar 29 swings such bar on its hinges 30 30 into the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 2 The supporting-shafts 52 52.having been adjustedto a suitable height relative to the box carried between the clamps 1414 and the carriage having been arrested by the stop pins or studs 10 inthe proper adjusted position, so that the upper outer edge of the boxcontacts with the side face of supporting-bar26, such a swingingmovement of the tilting bar will cause the foldingfaces 57 of thefingers to fold and press the pasted surface of the margin against theinterior of the box, to which it adheres. When the free end of the yoke19 has been sufficiently depressed by the pin 5, the latter slips by itand the weight of the tilting bar 29 and the fingers operates to swingthe bar back to its normal position on the supporting-bar 26,

the inclination of the bar 26, combined with the position of the tiltingbar, facilitating such movement. The pin 5 on its return travel nowengages the lower projecting pins 7 7 on the bar 8, and thus moves thecarriage toward the opposite end of the slot or way 3. In the rearwardmovements of the carriage (toward the right of the drawing) theprojecting rods 42 engage the tapered portion of the pivoted plate 44onpost 43 and raise it slightly, the movementpermitting the passage oftherod 42 beneath the plate; but upon the forward travel of the carriageone of the rods 42 contacts with the pivoted plate and is held thereagainst until the carriage has made a quarterturn on the stud 40. Thepin 5 is disengaged from the pins 7 7, as hereinabove stated, and passesinto engagement with the combined collar and yoke 23' on post 22', whichis raised thereby and causes the fingers 31 31 to fold the margin overand against the interior surface of another side of the box. Thespringpressed pins 37 37 serve to permit a slight vertical movement ofthe fingers and aids in giving a slight pivotal movement to the fingers.This is quite important, as the corners of the box being covered (inmany cases) overlap and are of double thickness. This pivotal movementalso provides a means of maintaining a uniform pressure of the fingersin pasting on the cover irrespective of any irregularity of the edges orthickness of the boxes.

The adjustable collars 23 23", in combination with the adjustable barsupports or standards 52 52, provide a means of lowering and raising thetilting bar and its mechanism to conform to the size of the box beingcovered, and the adjustment of the collars 23 23' will regulate thethrow of the tilting bar.

From the foregoing it is plain that many changes might be made in theform and arrangement of the parts described without de parting from thespirit and scope of our invention, and hence we do not desire to limitourselves to the precise construction'herein set forth; but,

Having thusfully described our invention,

what We claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with abed-plate having a Way formed therein, of a carriage adapted toreciprocate in the way, the carriage comprising a base port-ion receivedin the way, means for removably and intermittently engaging thecarriage-base to cause its reciprocation in the way, a superstructurerotatably sup ported on the base, box-clamps adjustably secured upon thesuperstructure, and stops for the carriage adapted to engage thesuperstructure at its limits of movement.

2. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with abed-plate having a way formed therein, of a carriage adapted toreciprocate in the Way, the carriage comprisinga base portion receivedin the way, means for removably and intermittently engaging thecarriage-base to cause its reciprocation in the way, a superstructurerotatably supported on the base, box-clamps adjustably secured upon thesuperstructure, stops for the carriage adapted to engage thesuperstructure at its limits of movement, a trip and means on thesuperstructure adapted to operatively engage the trip to rotate thesuperstructure.

3. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a suitablesupport havinga Way formed therein, of a carriage adapted to reciprocatein the Way, the carriage comprising a base having an opening therethrough, a rotatable shaft extending across the opening, contact-pinsprojecting from the shaft, a traveling means passing through theopening, a contact-pin carried by the traveling means, the traveling pinadapted to engage the contact-pins whereby to move the carriage, tensionmeans for removably retaining the contact-pins in engagement with thetraveling pin, a superstructure rotatablysupported on the base, stopsfor. regulating the movement of the carriage, the pins adapted todisengage when the stop engages the carriage.

4:. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable support having a Way formed therein, of acarriage adapted toreciprocate in the way, the carriage comprising a base and asuperstructure, the superstructure rotatably supported upon the base,the base received in the Way, a shaft on the base, means forreciprocating the base in the Way, the superstructure consisting of asleeve received on the shaft, slotted arms extending radially from thesleeves, boxclamps adjustably received on the arms and stop-pins locatedat either end of the way, the pins adapted to be received in the slotsin the arms, and contact with the box-clamps to limit the furthermovement of the carriage.

5. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a suitablesupport hav ing a Way formed therein, of a carriage adapted toreciprocate in the way, the carriage comprising a base portion, meansadapted to releasably engage the base to cause its movement in the way,and a superstructure rotatably mounted upon the base, the superstructureprovided with radial arms, boxclamps slidably carried on the arms,dill-Yerential screws engaging opposite box-clamps whereby tosimultaneously adjust the clamps and stops adapted to engage the clampsto limit the movement of the carriage.

(Z In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a suitablesupport having a Way formed therein, of a carriage adapted toreciprocate in the way, the carriage comprising a base portion, meansadapted to releasably engage the base to cause its movement in the way,and a superstructure rotatably mounted upon the base, the superstructureprovided with radial arms, box-clamps adjustably carried on the arms,radial rods projecting from the superstructure, a post stationarilysupported, a pivoted plate carried by the post, the rods adapted to rockthe plate when the carriage is traveling in one direction and to engageand be held by the plate when traveling in the reverse direction.

7. In an automatic boX-coveringmachine, the combination with a suitablesupport, of a carriage reciprocating thereon, the carriage comprising abase and a superstructure rotatably mounted thereon, means releasablyengaging the base to reciprocate the latter, driving means for suchengaging means, clutch mechanism secured to the driving means, a leverfor operating the clutch mechanism, a flexible means secured to thelever and means carried by the superstructure adapted to intermittentlyengage the flexible means to operate the clutch.

S. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a suitablebed and a carriage traveling on the bed, of standards adjustably mountedon the bed, a tilting-bar support secured to the standards, a tiltingbar hinged to the support, a series of fingers adjustably secured uponthe tilting bar and means for operating the tilting bar.

9. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a suitablebed, and a carriage traveling thereon, of adjustable standards mountedon the bed, a tilting-bar support secured to the standards, the upperface of the bar-support being rearwardly inclined, a tilting bar movablysecured to the supporting-bar, a series of fingers adjustably securedupon the tilting bar and means for operating the tilting bar.

10. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable bed and a carriage traveling thereon, of standards adjustablysecured to the bed, a tilting-bar support secured to the standards, atilting bar hinged to the bar-support, a series of fingers supported onthe tilting bar, a retaining-bar passing over and engaging the fingersto retain them in position and means for operating the tilting bar.

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11. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable bed'and a carriage traveling thereon, of standards ad justablysecured to the bed, a tilting-bar support secured to the standards, atilting bar hinged to the bar-support, a series of fingers supported onthe tilting bar, spring-pressed pins carried by the fingers and engagingthe tilting bar, the fingers provided with notches, a retaining-barpassing over and engaging the fingers in the notches to retain them inposition and means for operating the tilting bar.

12. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable bed and a carriage traveling thereon, of standards secured tothe bed, the standards having rackteeth formed thereon, gear-wheelssuitably mounted with which the rack-teeth mesh, sets'crews engaging thestandards to retain them in adjusted position, a tilting-bar supportmounted on the standards,atilting barhinged thereto, a series of fingerscarried by the tilting bar and means for operating the tilting bar.

13. In an automatic box-covering machine,

I the combination with a suitable bed and a carriage mounted thereon, ofstandards adjustably supported by the bed, a tilting-bar support carriedby the standards, a tilting bar hinged to the tilting-bar support, aseries of folding-fingers carried by the tilting bar, aslidably-supported post, means connecting the post to the tilting barand tiltingbar support and means for actuating the sliding post tooperate the tilting bar.

14. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable bed and a carriage mounted thereon,of standards adapted to adjustably support a tilting bar, a series of adjustable fingers carriedby the tilting bar, a slidably-supported post pivotally connected withthetilting bar, a collar adjustably mounted on the post, a yokeoperating in connection with the collar, and means adapted to engage theyoke to actuate the sliding post and tilting bar connected therewith.

15. A box-covering machine comprising a bed having a way formed therein,a carriage adapted to reciprocate in the Way, a shaft journaled in thelower portion of the carriage, pins projecting from the shaft, atraveling means, a pin carried thereby and adapted to engage the pins onthe shaft to reciprocate the carriage, and means for causing thedisengagement of the pins.

16. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a bed, ofa suitably-supported tilting bar mounted thereon, foldingfingersadjustably retained upon the tilting bar, a sliding post pivotallyconnected with the tilting bar, a collar adj ustably secured on thesliding post, a yoke operating in connection with the collar, atraveling means and a pin carried by the traveling means and adapted toreleasably engage the yoke to actuate the sliding post and tilt thefolding-fingers.

17. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination-with asuitable bed, of a tilting bar mounted thereupon, a series offoldingfingers supported on the tilting bar, spring-pressedpins locatedin the fingers, the pins adapted to bear against the tilting bar uponwhich the fingers are supported.

18. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a tablehaving a way formed therein, of a carriage comprising a base-and asuperstructure rotatably mounted on the base, a shaft journaled in thebase, pins projecting outwardly from the periphery of the shaft, a studprojecting from the shaft intermediate of the pins, suitably-supportedtension means secured to the stud to nor-- mally retain the pins invertical position, a traveling means, a pin carried by the travelingmeans adapted to engage the pins on the shaft, stop-pins stationarilylocated at either end of the way, and slotted arms carried by thesuperstructure, the stop-pins adapted to be received in the slots in thearms and regulate the travel of the carriage as well as retaining thesuperstructure in proper alineinent.

19. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable bed having a wayformed therein, of a carriage reciprocating inthe way and comprising a base and a superstructure mounted thereon, ashaftjournaled in the base, pins projecting from the shaft, travelingmeans engaging the pins to move the carriage, driving means for actu'-ating the traveling means, a lever controlling the driving means, aflexible bar connected to the lever and depending pins carried by thesuperstructure,the depending pinsadaptedto engage the flexible bar torelease the driving means.

20. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with a bed, ofstandards passing through the bed, rack-teeth formed on the, standards,suitably-supported gears with which the rack-teeth mesh, means forlocking the standards at any adjusted height,

a tilting bar supported by the standards, folding-fingers carried by thetilting bar and means for operating the tilting bar and fingers.

21. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable support, of a tilting bar movably secured thereto, adj ustablefingers mounted upon the tilting bar, a sliding post, a bell-crank leverpivotally 0011-. nected to the sliding post, the bell-crank leverconnected with the tilting bar, and means for actuating 'the slidingpost whereby to 0p erate the tilting bar.

22. An automatic box-covering machinecomprising abed having a way formedtherein, a carriage adapted to reciprocate in the way, a travelingmeans, a pin carried by the means and adapted to releasably engage thecarriage, and tension-rollers mounted on the bed and engaging thetraveling means.

23. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with suitablesupports, of a tilting bar mounted thereon, fingers carried by thetilting bar, means for moving the bar, and means on the fingers forexerting a uniform pressure against the edge of the box irrespective ofany irregularity thereof.

24. In an automatic box-covering machine, the combination with asuitable bed having a way formed therein and a carriage reciprocating insaid way, the carriage provided with boxclamps having projectingportions, of standards carried by the bed, a tilting-bar support mountedon the standards and having grooves formed therein, for the reception ofthe projecting ends of the box-clamps, a tilting bar movably secured tothe tilting-bar support, a series of fingers retained upon the tiltingbar and means for operating the tilting bar.

25. A paper-pasting machine comprising a movable carriage, means foractuating the carriage, a superstructure supported on the carriage andadapted to carry the Work, and means adapted to be actuated by thecarriageactuating means to operate upon the work carried by thesuperstructure.

26. A paper-pasting machine comprising a movable carriage, means foractuating the carriage, a movablesuperstructure supported upon thecarriage, means engaged by the superstructure to cause the movementthereof, adjustable engaging devices carried by the superstructure forholding the work, means for simultaneously adjusting the engagingdevices to the size of the work and means for operating upon the workcarried by the superstructure.

27. A paper-pasting machine comprising a movable carriage, means formoving the carriage, a movable superstructure on the carriage, and meanswith which the superstructure intermittently engages whereby thesuperstructure is actuated by the movement of the carriage.

28. A paper-pasting machine comprising a movable carriage, asuperstructure supported thereon, mechanism for operating upon the workcarried by the superstructure and a single driving means, the drivingmeans adapted to actuate both the carriage and the workoperatingmechanism.

29. A paper-pasting machine comprising a traveling member, mechanism foroperating upon the Work supported on the traveling member and drivingmeans for actuating the traveling member and the work-operatingmechanism successively.

30. A paper-pasting machine comprising a traveling member, mechanism foroperating upon the work carried by the traveling member and a singledriving means adapted to intermittently engage and actuate the travelingmember and the work-operating mechanism successively.

31. A paper-pasting machine comprising a movable member, a movablesuperstructure supported thereon, mechanism for operating upon the workheld by the superstructure, a driving mechanism and the work-operatingmechanism, and means actuated by the superstructure to cause a cessationof movement of the driving means.

32. A paper-pasting machine comprising a movable member, a movablesuperstructure carried by the member, mechanism for operating upon thework held by the superstructure, driving means for actuating the movablemember and the Work-operating mechanism, means engaged by thesuperstructure during the movement of the carriage whereby thesuperstructure is actuated, and a second means engaged by thesuperstructure during its movement for causing a cessation of movementof the driving means.

Signed at Mansfield this 10th day of July, 1902.

CHARLES F. ROOT. BYRON 0. CONN. Witnesses:

JOHN H. Coss, E. LAMBRIGHT.

